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noun
Any of several large tropical trees:
Bombax ceiba, native to much of tropical and temperate Asia and Australasia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: kapok, ceiba, kapok tree, mumian, red cotton tree
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several large tropical trees:
Ceiba pentandra, native to the American tropics and west Africa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: kapok, kapok tree, mapou, mumian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of several large tropical trees:
Cochlospermum religiosum, native to the Asian tropics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss; source of the silky kapok fiber
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: kapok, ceiba tree, white silk-cotton tree, Bombay ceiba, God tree, Ceiba pentandra
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree
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